diff --git a/gnu/packages/djvu.scm b/gnu/packages/djvu.scm
index 01b1dbaf43..5326ddc7b3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/djvu.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/djvu.scm
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ (define-public ocrodjvu
                   "0x64hg9ysrk8sismxb4jgk0sq7r9j90v2i9765xhmxpiy6f0lpni"))))
       (build-system gnu-build-system)
       (native-inputs
-       (list libxml2 python-nose python-pillow))
+       (list (libc-utf8-locales-for-target) libxml2 python-nose python-pillow))
       (inputs
        (list bash-minimal
              djvulibre